Of course we all heard about Google ’s Free Wi-Fi at 47 airports across the country – and this give identity thieves and hackers a prime new market to hit. So PC World wrote an article “Google’s Free Airport Wi-Fi: Five Ways to Protect Yourself” by Jeff Bertolucci, PC World. This article is a must read for anyone planning to take advantage of Google’s free wi-fi.

Read the article at PC World – and for more safety tips, check out the Wi-Fi Alliance’s security page.

Google announced that it is working with airports across the country as well as Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, Airport Marketing Income and others to provide free Wi-Fi as a holiday gift now through January 15, 2010. You will be asked to change your default search engine to Google and try the their Chrome browser. The gift currently includes 47 airports, including Las Vegas, San Jose, Boston, Baltimore, Burbank, Houston, Indianapolis, Seattle, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, St. Louis and Charlotte. Additionally, as a result of this project, Burbank and Seattle airports will begin offering airport-wide free Wi-Fi indefinitely,” says the press release. (Here’s the full list.)

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